Molecular mechanisms of ultraviolet radiation carcinogenesis.

doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1990.tb08452.x

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Molecular mechanisms of ultraviolet radiation carcinogenesis.

Photochemistry and photobiology - 1 Dec 1990

Ananthaswamy H N, Pierceall W E

Abstract excerpt

UV radiation is a potent DNA damaging agent and a known inducer of skin cancer in experimental animals. There is excellent scientific evidence to indicate that most non-melanoma human skin cancers are induced by repeated exposure to sunlight. UV radiation is unique in that it induces DNA damage t...

Topics

Animals
Cell Survival
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
DNA
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
Oncogenes
Ultraviolet Rays

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